| 1 | House Joint Resolution |
| 2 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 4 of |
| 3 | Article VI of the State Constitution, relating to suffrage |
| 4 | and elections, to authorize the Legislature to provide the |
| 5 | conditions under which a convicted felon's right to |
| 6 | register or vote may be restored. |
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| 8 | Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | That the following amendment to Section 4 of Article VI of |
| 11 | the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to |
| 12 | the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next |
| 13 | general election or at an earlier special election specifically |
| 14 | authorized by law for that purpose: |
| 15 | ARTICLE VI |
| 16 | SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS |
| 17 | SECTION 4. Disqualifications.-- |
| 18 | (a) No person convicted of a felony, or adjudicated in |
| 19 | this or any other state to be mentally incompetent, shall be |
| 20 | qualified to vote or hold office until restoration of civil |
| 21 | rights or removal of disability. No person convicted of a felony |
| 22 | shall be qualified to vote until the person's right to register |
| 23 | or vote has been restored as provided by law. No person |
| 24 | adjudicated in this or any other state to be mentally |
| 25 | incompetent shall be qualified to vote until removal of |
| 26 | disability. |
| 27 | (b) No person may appear on the ballot for re-election to |
| 28 | any of the following offices: |
| 29 | (1) Florida representative, |
| 30 | (2) Florida senator, |
| 31 | (3) Florida Lieutenant governor, or |
| 32 | (4) any office of the Florida cabinet, |
| 33 | (5) U.S. Representative from Florida, or |
| 34 | (6) U.S. Senator from Florida |
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| 36 | if, by the end of the current term of office, the person will |
| 37 | have served (or, but for resignation, would have served) in that |
| 38 | office for eight consecutive years. |
| 39 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be |
| 40 | placed on the ballot: |
| 41 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT |
| 42 | ARTICLE VI, SECTION 4 |
| 43 | QUALIFICATIONS OF FELONS TO VOTE.--Proposing an amendment |
| 44 | to the State Constitution authorizing the Legislature to provide |
| 45 | the conditions under which a convicted felon's right to register |
| 46 | or vote may be restored by statute and removing inoperative |
| 47 | provisions relating to term limits for members of Congress and |
| 48 | U.S. Senators, which provisions have been determined by the U.S. |
| 49 | Supreme Court to violate the U.S. Constitution. |